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Dakota Gorman chatted about directing the new thriller “The Girl in the Pool,” which stars Freddie Prinze Jr., Monica Potter, and Jake McLean . How was your experience directing “The Girl in the Pool”? Absolutely insane.

At times it felt like I got on Mr. Toad’s wild ride, not realizing that the ride was going to loop 497 times. But most anyone who has been on set can tell you there is beauty to the chaos of filmmaking, even when you want to melt into a puddle.



It’s an experience truly unique to itself and no matter how much you think you know, you always find there’s infinitely more things to know and a million different ways to try things. Sometimes you learn those lessons in really fun ways, and sometimes you learn them in soul crushing ways, but those are the memories that ultimately make up the lifespan of your career so I try to take all of it in stride, appreciate it for what it is and laugh about it all. At the end of the day, it’s all art and it’s all an education.

I learned so much about myself, how I operate (at least for now) and what I’d like to experiment with moving forward. What was it like working with Freddie Prize Jr. and Monica Potter? Hysterical.

Monica was running a one woman comedy side-show which included some of the most wonderfully random improv you’ve ever heard come out of a person’s mouth. Our editor was rolling laughing watching the dailies because he just never knew what he was in for take to take. And Freddie always had .

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